sham

See also: Sham

English

Etymology

Probably a dialectal form of shame.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃæm/
  • Rhymes: -æm

Adjective

sham (comparative more sham, superlative most sham)

  1. Intended to deceive; false.
    It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
  2. counterfeit; unreal
    • Jowett
      They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.

Synonyms

  • mock
  • See also Thesaurus:fake

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Noun

sham (plural shams)

  1. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
    The time-share deal was a sham.
  2. Trickery, hoaxing.
    A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
  3. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
  4. A decorative cover for a pillow.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • pillow sham

Verb

sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)

  1. To deceive, cheat, lie.
    • L'Estrange
      Fooled and shammed into a conviction.
  2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
    • L'Estrange
      We must have a care that we do not […] sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
  3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

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Further reading

  • sham in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • sham in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • sham at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Karakalpak

Etymology

From Arabic شمع‎

Noun

sham

  1. candle

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic шам‍
Roman sham‍
Perso-Arabic ‍‍

Etymology

From Arabic شمع‎

Noun

sham (plural shamlar)

  1. candle
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